case finding

case finding

case finding

EBMA generic term for a strategy used to identify patients with a certain condition or exposure who may be randomised for inclusion in a clinical trial.

EpidemiologyA system for locating every inpatient or outpatient diagnosed and/or treated with a reportable disease. Case finding is a proactive attempt to diagnose probands for cascade screening.

Medspeak-UKA method of identifying vulnerable people who may not be in touch with health and social care services, using either highly specific local criteria or nationally validated criteria to assess the relative risk of functional decline.

case

in epidemiology, an animal which has the specified disease or condition which is under investigation.

case abstract

a structured summary of a case report suitable for computer entry; permits machine sorting and retrieval and leads an investigator to the original paper records on which detailed descriptions must be based.

case-control sampling

selection of cases as a sample to use in a case-control study (below).

case-control study

a retrospective, analytical, epidemiological study. A group of pre-existing cases of the disease are matched with a selected group of control animals that do not have the disease so that the presence or otherwise of an hypothesized disease determinant can be ascertained in both groups.

case fatality rate

the proportion of cases with a specified condition which die within a specified time.

case finding

the strategy of surveying a population to find the sick animals that are the foci of infection; an essential early step in the eradication of any disease.

case history

the collected data concerning an individual, contact and related animals, environment and management procedures, including any past medical history and any other information that may be useful in analyzing and diagnosing the case or for instructional or research purposes.

index case

the first case recorded in an outbreak.

case management

care of a sick animal including specific and supportive medication, surgical intervention, housing, bedding, nutrition, restraint, collection of specimens for submission to laboratory or stall-side tests.

case population

the group of animals in the total population which are sick or infected, as distinct from the control population, which are not sick or infected.

case recording

entry in records of the clinical findings of individual sick animals. May be structured or unstructured, paper or machine, with or without the accounting record for the case.

Finally, we assessed, over a range of specificity, the sensitivity and timeliness of syndromic surveillance and the detection benefit of syndromic surveillance compared with clinical case finding for each simulated outbreak.

It should be kept in mind, however, that this study did not address the impact of using case-finding screens on patient flow, the effectiveness of case finding on outcomes from depressive disease, or whether routine screening for depression is merited.

Project activities include: (1) supporting the medical response through case finding, contact tracing, education awareness, disinfection and dead body management; (2) providing preparedness and response capacity in non-affected countries; (3) enhancing coordination by providing effective communication to all stakeholders and through the consolidation resource mobilization and reporting functions; (4) providing effective staff and volunteer safety and security systems, including support before, during and after a deployment; and (5) establishing a Regional Ebola Unit in Guinea (Conakry) that provides Ebola coordination and support at Zone and Geneva levels.

All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.